When you have a single missing tooth, or even if you have lost most of them, we could provide replacement with durable and long-lasting dental implants. These lifelike replacement options can also keep your facial structure intact too! In today’s blog, your Shrewsbury, MA, dentist talks about dental implant placement.
The First Steps
How do we get started? We will begin with a detailed exam, in which we look at your smile with digital x-rays and CT imaging, allowing us to assess the cause and extent of your tooth loss. We also assess the state of your jawbone, making sure there is enough structure to support dental implants, as tooth loss weakens the jaw with time. For some, we may need to conduct a grafting or sinus lift procedure to ensure your smile can support one or more dental implants. Our team will then discuss your placement plan in detail, so you know what to expect from the process.
Planning Your Placement
Our team will use the detailed images we take of your smile to choose the best positions to insert the dental implant post. The post is made from titanium, a biocompatible material that bonds with your jaw and acts like a new root. We want it to sit at the perfect angle, position, and depth to stimulate jawbone growth and keep your facial structure intact, and to also support a new tooth or teeth for years to come. We then guide this into the jaw with digital surgical guides. To ensure the process is comfortable for you, we will administer a local anesthetic and sedation, so you enter a deep state of calm and relaxation through the surgical portion. Even if you have dental anxiety, we want to make sure you enjoy a positive experience in our office.
Securing Your Completed Restoration or Prosthetic
Once the post is in place, we can complete an individual one by connecting an abutment to the post that extends above the gum line. We then attach a custom dental crown to the abutment, which not only looks natural, but provides a durable chewing surface. If you have more advanced cases of tooth loss, we could use several posts to secure dentures, so you can obtain a complete smile again and feel confident, with an option that never slips and that lasts far longer than removable dentures.
If you have any questions about how we place and restore your dental implants, or if you have missing teeth you want to see replacement, then contact our office today.
Schedule a Visit for Tooth Replacement
The team at Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury in MA want to secure new teeth that will look and act like natural ones. To schedule an appointment with us, call our office today at 508-842-8838.
